In five decades of public service, Robert Moses (1888-1981) had an
extraordinary impact on the physical environment of New York. He played a primary role in
the development of its parks, transportation, and housing. Moses was born on December 18,
1888 in New Haven, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale in 1909, received a jurisprudence
degree from Oxford University in 1911, and a Ph.D. in political science from Columbia
University in 1914.